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Saturday, 17 May 2014

I will visit Chibok but does that solve the problem?" - Pres. Jonathan

At a press conference for the Regional Security Summit that held in
France today, President Jonathan explained why he hasn't visited the Chibok community, the school or parents of the missing girls...

"The school is owned by the State Government but it is the
commitment of the Federal government to rebuild the school, build walls
to protect it and provide facilities since it is predominantly a school
that takes care of girls education so that the girls would be
protected. Yes I will visit Chibok, no doubt about that
but what we are anxious about now is to locate the girls. These girls are not held in Chibok. If the President goes to Chibok
today, does that solve any problem? Maybe psychological problem or for
media relevance but you have not solved the problem. The problem facing
the President and indeed the Nigerian government is to get these girls
from wherever they are" he said

Awww, check out Osaze Odemwingie and his new born son

CNN's Jim Clancy supports GEJ not visiting Chibok, says its risky

One of CNN's respected news anchor, Jim Clancy has supported President Jonathan not going to Chibok, tweeting that the president can act without traveling there. Trust Nigerians, they responded. See their tweets after the cut...

New Vide: Solidstar - Super Eagles

Solidstar releases the official video for Super Eagles 2014 FIFA World Cup theme song to support our Super
Eagles for the World Cup! This video features cameo from the
Nigerian Supporters Club, Iyanya, Yung6ix, Emma Nyra, Selebobo, Tekno,
Charass, NonnyD, and Waconzy. Enjoy...

Testifying on Thursday before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, the US Air Force Chief of staff, Gen. Mark
Welsh III, said, “We’re now looking at a military force that is, quite
frankly, becoming afraid to even engage. The United States doesn’t have
the capacity, the capability to go rescue every kidnapped person around
the world.”

The New York Times reported
that the US might choose to minimize its involvement in the search for
the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram due to doubts over
Nigeria’s military capabilities. Continue...

Brand new video: T-Me - She Wanna Wife Me

Caleb University releases statement on students' riot on May 14th

Find a statement from the school's PRO, Olusola Emiola, below

The protest by male students
on campus on Wednesday 14, May 2014 had nothing to do with religion. A
certain man, a non student was apprehended by our security personnel for
trying to bring prohibited items into the school. After much
interrogation, he mentioned the names of the culprits involved. An
official went to the male hostel to get the students mentioned, one of
whom was praying in the hostel. The students involved along with other
students faced with student disciplinary committee cases took advantage
of the interruption of prayers to start the protest.

The university properties worth millions were destroyed and this act was carried out by the male students. The students have been sent home on recess to resume back 2nd of June 2014.

Man dies digging grave to steal skull in Osun state

An unidentified young man in Ilobu community, in
the Irepodun LGA of Osun State, was found head deep in a grave in
the early hours of Wednesday May 14th, after allegedly attempting to cut off the head of a
corpse, buried in Tonto compound in the area, Saturday Tribune reports

The
suspect’s accomplices fled in terror after seeing half his body get
stuck mysteriously in the grave. His death has generated concern among
the terrified residents of the Ilobu community.

It was gathered that the victim and his partners in crime allegedly
came to Tonto compound in the early hours of Wednesday with a plot to
exhume the corpse of an aged woman and sever her decomposed head,
allegedly for ritual purposes. Continue...

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Miss Nigeria releases beautiful new pics as she turns a year older

Current Miss Nigeria Ezinne Akudo looking stunning in new photos she released as she turns a year older today May 17th. Ezinne is 24 today. (makes me feel ancient...:-)) Happy birthday, girl! See more photos after the cut...

"Ex-convict Ibinabo not fit to lead AGN" - Clarion Chukwura

The beef between these two women is obviously not ending anytime soon. About a week after Actors' Guild of Nigeria president Ibinabo Fiberesima issued a statement addressing the constant attack from actress Clarion Chukwura, saying she was only trying to destabilize AGN, Clarion is not relenting and has fired back. In an interview with Punch today, Clarion said Ibinabo is an ex-convict and therefore not fit to lead AGN.

“I am not on the same level with Ibinabo professionally,
educationally or in any other form. I find that she is deliberately
misleading the public and wanting to push the issues at stake under the
table with her so-called open letter. I will not allow her to do that.

“Item ‘U’ of the electoral guideline of AGN disqualified her. No
convicted person can stand for election in any post. She was convicted
for manslaughter and she was given a jail sentence which she served.
There is a court injunction stopping Ibinabo from parading herself as
the AGN president. This is the copy of the judgment. I have it.
Manslaughter has no option of fine. Her sentence was reduced from seven
years to five years and we all know she went to jail. The judgment reads
in part, ‘there is proof that she drove recklessly and caused the death
of Dr. Sura Giwa contrary to the road traffic laws of Lagos State.’ She
was drunk. How could this person be the face of AGN?” Continue..

Rocket attack on Soye village in Borno state kills 31, injures many

Here's a breaking news report from NTA. A rocket attack on Soye Village market in Bama LGA of Borno state has left 31 people dead and many injured. Below is how they are reporting it

The number of the dead following the rocket attack on Soye village
market near Bama which killed 29 and injured many others has risen to
31. Chairman of Bama local government area, baba Shehu Gulumba has
visited the general hospital in the area to sympathize with victims and
also made a fifty thousand naira cash donation to a boy who sustained
severe burns. Three out of the seven who were injured having died; the
remaining four are receiving treatment in Maiduguri while five have
already been discharged.

Made-in-Nigeria vehicles to roll out next month – FG

Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr.
Samuel Ortom has revealed the Federal Government's plans to roll
out made-in-Nigeria vehicles into the market next month,
June 2014. The Minister made this known when he received a delegation
from Automobile Peugeot, France in his office in Abuja, Punch reports.

The minister, while addressing the delegation which included the company's
Vice President, Mr. Yves Moulin, said the newly introduced auto policy is
quite effective and is attracting automobile brands to establish
assembly plants in Nigeria. Continue...

Apparently there were rumours flying around that former NAFDAC boss Mrs Dora Akunyili,who is currently undergoing medical treatment in India, had passed on...(I didn't hear it) but the rumour was apparently strong enough to get a response from the former minister's media assistant. He released a statement via her FB page to dispel the rumour and says she's responding to
treatment. See it below

3ra'fique, Alibaba, Good Knight Insecticides continue to fight malaria with football

3ra’fique Communications, an entirely autonomous Marketing Communications firm headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, will host the 2nd Edition of its Malaria Novelty Football Match Initiative which will feature a cast of Comedians versus a team of On Air Personalities.
Continue...

Father of Nyanya bomber detained by SSS

Rtd Col Agene Ogwuche, the father to the alleged mastermind of the April 14th Nyanya
bomb blast Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, has been arrested
and detained by the officials of the Department of State Security for failing to meet up with the 2011
bail conditions given to him when he bailed his son after he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism.

Explaining why he had to be arrested and detained when
it was his son that allegedly committed the crime, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Frank Mba said;

"We don’t run a system where the sins of the son are
visited on the father or the sins of the father are visited on the son.
The obligation of the father as at the time he took Sadiq on bail was to
continue to produce Sadiq whenever he is needed until the case against
Sadiq is finally disposed of. If he fails to discharge that
responsibility, that on its own does not confer the status of a terror
suspect on him. He has only breached the conditions of the bail and he
will be brought to justice in accordance with the conditions of the
bail. That explains why the DSS immediately took him in when he could
not produce the son. And that is the farthest we can go. If he had
signed a bond to forfeit a property or to forfeit a certain sum of
money, he will be made to suffer the forfeitures but we cannot visit the
sins of the father on the son.” he said

Sadiq, who was born in the UK, was
arrested on May 14th in Sudan. He is expected to be extradited to
Nigeria once the formal process for his transfer back to Nigeria is
completed

Man arrested for blackmailing women with their nude videos

32 year old Iweka Nnamdi who claims to be a graduate of Nnamdi
Azikiwe University has been arrested by the Lagos Police command for
allegedly blackmailing and forcefully extortiing money from unsuspecting
female victims, Vanguard reports.

Nnamdi used multiple Facebook profiles, where
he impersonates notable persons in the society such as the Secretary to
the State Government Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, House of Rep Speaker
Aminu Tambuwal, Michael Adenuga, actor Van Vicker and a host of others, to deceive unsuspecting victims.

Through the fake profiles, the suspect would announce contract
advertisement as well as job vacancies to his followers and
then invite only the female applicants for a supposed interview at
a hotel location where he would pose as the Personal Assistant to the
Prominent Nigerian who owns the job or contract. Continue...

Triple T releases new promo pics and brand new video for Langbasa

The
blazing duo of Miko and YDee popularly known as Triple T have released new promo photos and brand new video to yet another street banger, Langbasa, a song produced by A1. Triple T is signed to Gold Heart Production and currently working on their first album. Continue to see more photos and the new video after the cut...Read more >>

Kim & Kanye to wed in Italy, Jay Z & Beyonce have agreed to attend

A
spokeswoman at Florence's mayor's office has confirmed
that Kim & Kanye West will get married at Belvedere Fort in
Florence, Italy on May 24th. You will find pictures from the Belvedere Fort in Florence where they will officially tie the knot after the cut. Meanwhile Radar Online is reporting that not only have Jay Z & Beyonce agreed to attend but Jay has also agreed to be Kanye's best man

RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that not only are Beyonce and
Jay Z attending - but the “Empire State of Mind” rapper will be standing
up as West’s best man.

After receiving the official RSVP from Beyonce and Jay, West was shocked to receive a surprise gift. Continue...

Adamawa villagers today killed 70 Boko Haram men searching for food

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, no fewer than 70
members of Boko Haram were killed today May 16th by members of a
vigilante group in the Madagali town of Adamawa state and captured seven alive who they handed over to the police.

The vigilantes reportedly acted after they were tipped off by a local food
vendor that the militants were coming to get food before heading out for
a major operation to raid villages in the area, usually carried out at
night.

With this information, the vigilantes mobilized, laid ambush and patiently waited for the men of the sect. The men, numbering about 100, showed up later at night to pick up their meal and that was when the vigilantes attacked them, killing most and arresting the ones that survived the assault. Continue...

"Jose Mourinho is a fool for questioning my age' - Samuel Eto'o

Well, Sameul Eto'o can talk now because his contract with Chelsea is finished. He's finally responded to his former coach Jose Mourinho's comments about him being older than 33. Speaking with reporters in Abidjan yesterday, the 3-time African footballer of the year called Mourinho a fool for questioning his age

"I am 33 years old. And it is not because a fool called me an old man that you must believe it. And you may have noticed that the old man was better than the youngsters.'

Eto'o also hinted that he
will play for a European club next season rather than sign a lucrative
deal in the Middle East. "Some believe I am going to retire in the US or the Middle East, but I have regained the joy of the Champions League and
I am going to carry on playing in the Champions League."

British Council partners with Virgin Atlantic to promote young budding Nigerian entrepreneurs

The British Council, in partnership with
Virgin Atlantic Airways, have announced a competition called ‘Enterprise
Challenge’ in a bid to promote the development of entrepreneurial skills in
Nigerian youth.

“Enterprise
Challenge” is an online competition which seeks to give young, brilliant entrepreneurial minds the
opportunity to further develop their skills in this area and bring their
innovative ideas to the fore for possible future development. It will be a
battle of the best minds.

'Many Nigerian artistes lead fake lives' – Duncan Mighty

In an interview with Punch published today, Port Harcourt first son, Duncan Mighty, called some of his colleagues out, saying a lot of them lead fake lives and lie about their acquisition...

“A lot of Nigerian artistes’ lead fake
lives. They claim to be what they are not, just because they want to
meet up their peers and fellow artistes. I live in my own house (it has a
swimming pool, lounge and studio) and I make bold to say I didn’t buy
it. I built it from the scratch. But a lot of these artistes will claim
they bought a house for N300m or N400m. But I didn’t spend up to that amount to
build my house. If you have that amount, say N500m, you don’t go and
buy one property. There are many things to do with money. They claim
they have state-of-the-art cars, but that is not my priority. I have
choice cars, but it takes a lot of money to maintain such cars.”

Another version of why Solange attacked Jay Z emerges

Jay Z and Beyonce released a statement about the fight yesterday but didn't hint at what led to the brutal assault. Now, another version of why Solange was so angry that night and why Beyonce didn't get involved in the fight has emerged. Sources claim it has to with Rachel Roy, the ex-wife of Jay Z's former bff and business partner, Damon Dash. This version claims Beyonce confronted the designer at the Met Gala for blatantly flirting with her husband Jay Z…

"At the gala, Rachel was being flirtatious with Jay," a source
exclusively tells E! News. "Once everyone was at the Boom Boom Room for
the after-party, her flirtations were elevated."

"Beyoncé approached Rachel to let her know the behavior was
disrespectful and she wanted her out of their lives for good," the
source goes on. "Solange came over to have her sister's back, and things
got heated with her and Rachel. Jay said some disrespectful things to
Beyoncé and Solange as the confrontation was going down. That's why all
hell broke loose in the elevator and why Beyoncé just stood back and let
Solange hit Jay."

Check out Genevieve Nnaji's Mercedes Benz G Wagon (G 63) AMG

Doyin Okupe calls out Oby Ezekwesili, says she's trying to profit from a national calamity

Senior Special Assistant to the president on Public Affairs, Mr. Doyin Okupe, fired shots at former minister and a frontliner in the #Bringbackourgirls campaign, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, in a series of tweets this afternoon. According to him, her efforts with the campaign
is just her trying to profit from a national calamity. See more tweets after the cut...

Grosvenor Shirts- A Rich Heritage!

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the professional cadres of the Nigerian Banking, telecoms, oil and gas, financial
services etc Industry with the convenience of a flexible payment plan for
prospective customers. Continue...

Reuben Abati says the president never planned to visit Chibok today

CNN, Reuters and many news agencies yesterday reported that GEJ would be visiting Chibok today...but now his media spokesperson Reuben Abati says he never made such plans. The president is being criticized for choosing to go to Paris today for a security summit instead of visiting Chibok.

Khloe Kardashian puts her camel toe on display once again

The reality star has had a battle with the below-the-belt bulge for some time and recently embraced it. In March, while talking about her do's and don'ts of fashion, Khloe said she's accepted it for what it was, saying;

"My camel toe is not a fashion mistake anymore. I have a big p**sy. I can't control it. I have to go back to the mindset that if you see it, that's my gift from me to you. And it's a beautiful gift. That is just what God gave me."